Amend

<p><strong>Companion book to a new blockbuster Netflix documentary series starring Will Smith:</strong> Amend will be a six-part documentary series airing on Netflix in September 2020. The participation of Will Smith guarantees that the TV series will get major media exposure. Stars on Netflix documentary include Mahershala Ali, Helen Hunt, Tom Wilmore, Diane Lane, Pedro Pascal, Samuel L. Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lena Waithe, Jidenna Mobisson, Samira Wiley, Joseph Gordon Leavitt, Laverne Cox, Courtney B. Vance, Rafael Casal, and others. We are closely coordinating design and production of book to align with the series and we are planning major launch events; social media campaign; outreach efforts in conjunction with the Netflix launch. We have dedicated funding from the Carnegie Corporation to support these efforts. <p><strong>A-list credentials of authors/spokespeople:</strong> Victoria Bassetti worked on Capitol Hill for almost a decade. Among other posts, she served as chief counsel to Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and legislative director for former Senator John Edwards (D-NC). Garrett Epps is a leading authority on the 14th amendment, and a former <em>Washington Post</em> legal correspondent. <p><strong>Affiliations:</strong> The Netflix series and book will benefit from multi-pronged institutional outreach, including Brennan Center, Art for Justice, Netflix, University of Baltimore, Demos, Ford Foundation (which funded the development of the documentary), and the Carnegie Corporation (which funded the book). <p><strong>Material:</strong> The book will feature extensive, rarely seen images and primary documents.